I reached out to the Appleton Area School District Board of Education and asked them what the time-frame was for a return to in-person public attendance at meetings. I also asked them if they had consulted with the City of Appleton about how the city […]
Year: 2021
Coronavirus Numbers For 11/19/2021-11/21/2021
Over the weekend fro, 11/19/2021-11/21/2021 Appleton recorded 75 confirmed cases on Friday, 44 on Saturday, and 34 on Sunday for a total of 153. We also recorded 12 probable cases on Friday, 10 on Saturday, and 4 on Sunday for a total of 26. Active […]
Board Of Education Meeting 11/22/2021 – Will Receive Update On State Report Card Score, Vote On Masking, Discuss Timeline For New School Building Referendum
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 11/22/2021. They will be holding a Board work session at 4PM and the Board meeting proper at 6PM At the work session they will be reviewing the district’s 202-2021 state report cards. Although AASD’s graduation […]
Finance Committee Meeting 11/22/2021 – Will Receive Update On Library Project; Director Dean Gazza States Appleton’s Borrowing Commitment Remains Unchanged At $26.4 Million
The Finance Committee is meeting 11/22/2021 at 5:30PM. The committee will be voting on two lighting project contracts and two change orders for existing contracts. They will also be voting on a request to approve the write-off of obsolete and no longer needed parts from […]
Common Council Members’ Responses To Question About Library Project Budget
As previously posted, Mayor Woodford recently issued a press release indicating that although the current cost of the library project was estimated to be $39 million, the taxpayer funded portion of it remains set at $26.4 million. Prior to that press release, prompted by the […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 11/22/2021 – Will Vote On $54,000 Increase To 2021 Materials Testing Contract, Installation Of Stop Sign, Speed Limit Change On Section Of Washington Street
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 11/22/2021 at 4:30PM. Two items were referred back to the committee at that the most recent Common Council meeting. 1. Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6) referred back the “Proposed changes to Municipal Code Section 9, Division 3-Central Business District […]
Alderpersons Meltzer And Schultz Introduce Honeybee Rescue Resolution At 11/17/2021 Common Council Meeting
During the 11/17/2021 Common Council meeting Alderpersons Vered Meltzer (District 2) and Alex Schultz (District 9) submitted Resolution #15-R-21, the Honeybee Rescue Resolution. If passed, this resolution would update the section of the city’s Municipal Code related to the keeping of bees. Currently city code […]
Common Council Meets 11/17/2021 – Votes On Lease Extensions For The Collective And Two Other Sculptures, Approves Polling Places For 2022, Approves Hiring Of New IT Director
The Appleton Common Council met 11/17/2021. At only 30 minutes long, it was one of the shorter Council meetings of the year. Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen provided a Covid-19 Update to the Council which I posted about yesterday. The council voted unanimously to approve […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 11/18/2021
Typically, the city of Appleton updates its Covid dashboard with the numbers that were recorded on the previous day. However, yesterday, 11/18, they never updated the dashboard with the numbers from 11/17. They did eventually put the 11/17 numbers up early on the morning of […]
Common Council Receives Covid-19 Update – Health Officer Has No Information On Vaccinated Vs. Unvaccinated Hospitalizations, Mayor Indicates There Are Currently No Operational Changes Planned In Response To Increasing Cases
The Common Council met 11/17/2021. As per usual, they received a Covid-19 Update from Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen. Health Officer Jensen reported that the city had a total of 350 cases the previous week which an increase of over 90 from the 257 the […]